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Budget news
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News on your council tax You will pay around £5 per year more for our services this year (April 2020 to March 2021), the same increase as last year.
A resident in a Band D property will pay an average of just over £182 in council tax to the borough council for our services for the year – just 50p per day. Central government funding to local authorities has been in sharp decline in recent years, and now represents just 23 per cent of our funding compared to 54 per cent in 2010/11. As a result, the cost of providing council services has fallen increasingly on the borough’s residents, although
Where does your council tax go? 10%
Hertsmere Borough Council
Services provided include: Benefits administration, car parking, community safety, elections, environmental health, housing needs, leisure and parks, licensing, planning, street cleaning, kerbside waste and recycling collections Tel: 020 8207 2277 www.hertsmere.gov.uk Twitter: @HertsmereBC www.facebook.com/hertsmere
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Hertfordshire County Council
Services provided include: Adoption & fostering, children’s centres, early years childcare, Fire & Rescue, health & social care, household waste recycling centres, libraries, public health, public transport, registration and citizenship, roads and road maintenance, schools, street lights, trading standards, waste disposal, youth provision
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Town/parish councils (where in place)
we are working hard to raise additional income and deliver efficiency savings. We collect council tax every year on behalf of other local bodies so we don’t get the whole amount you pay each month, we get approximately 10 per cent of it. The rest is allocated to other organisations:
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Services provided include: Local events & some activities for young people & older people, Christmas lights, some allotments, cemeteries & parks, public clocks, war memorials General contact details
Aldenham Parish Council Tel: 01923 856433 www.aldenham-pc.gov.uk Twitter: @AldenhamPC
Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council Tel: 020 8207 1382 www.elstreeborehamwood-tc.gov.uk Twitter: @EBTownCouncil
Shenley Parish Council Tel: 01923 855 865 www.shenleyvillage.org Twitter: @shenleyvillage
South Mimms Parish Council Tel: 07976 708019 www.southmimmspc.org.uk
General contact details Tel: 0300 123 4040 www.hertfordshire.gov.uk Twitter: @hertscc www.facebook.com/ hertscountycouncil
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Hertfordshire Police & Crime Commissioner
Services provided include: Community safety partnerships, crime reduction, neighbourhood policing, road crash investigations, tackling serious and organised crime, victims’ services General contact details Tel: 01707 806100 www.hertscommissioner.org Twitter: @hertspcc www.facebook.com/HertsPCC
Contacting local police Tel: 101 (non-emergency) Always dial 999 in an emergency www.herts.police.uk Twitter: @HertsPolice www.facebook.com/ HertsPolice
